Croissants

Dough:

  1. Mix all ingredients but butter in mixer, rest 10 mins

  2. Mix again and add butter, transfer ball to container and cut cross in the top

  3. Ferment room temp until 1.5x size then fridge for 4-12h

  4. Deflate dough, stretch and flatten into rough square, wrap in cling film and roll into neat 8 inch square. Freeze 20 mins

  5. Roll dough to 8" x 16", place butter in middle, fold dough over and rotate 90 degrees

  6. Roll to a 24" long rectangle ½" thick, trim edges, do book fold. Freeze 15 mins then fridge 1h

  7. Roll into long slab ⅜" thick, do letter fold. Freeze 15 mins, fridge 1h

  8. Roll to 14" x 17" slab, wrap in plastic, freeze 20 mins, fridge until morning

  9. Prep oven with pan of steaming water

  10. Roll out dough if necessary, cut shorter sides, trim irregular areas, then cut into 4 long rectangles

  11. Slice each rectangle into 2 triangles, grab corners, tug gently to widen and lengthen, then roll up, resting on point of triangle

  12. Proof until 2x size, then fridge for 20 mins, eggwash and bake at 190c for 20 mins, swap/rotate trays and bake 10-15 mins more

Course🥞Breakfast

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🥐Pastry

Cuisine🇫🇷French

Occasions🥐Brunch🎉Special Occasion

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyHard ⏰ 2h

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